Khakurinokhabl Explained

Khakurinokhabl (Russian: Хакуриноха́бль; Adyghe; Adygei: Хьэкурынэхьабл, Hekurynehabl) is a rural locality (an aul) and the administrative center of Shovgenovsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the Fars River, 60km (40miles) north of Maykop. Population:

History

Until March 27, 1996, the aul was called Shovgenovsky (Russian: Шовгеновский).^[1]

Culture and education

There is a museum of Khusen Andrukhayev, a Hero of Soviet Union, founded in 1973 in the aul. As of 2003, there are no educational facilities above the level of secondary school.

Ecology

The landfill of Khakurinokhabl is located dangerously close to the Fars River and to the agricultural lands, posing high ecological risk since the time of its opening in 2000.^[2]

External links

• History of Khakurinokhabl
• Official website of Kh. B. Andrukhayev Memorial Museum of Khakurinokhabl

Notes and References

1. Resolution of the State Council-Khase of the Republic of Adygea #62-1 of March 27, 1996 On Restitution of the Historical Name of the "aul of Khakurinokhabl" to the Aul of Shovgenovsky of Shovgenovsky District
2. Russian: С. А. Владимиров, А. О. Карчевский. Эколого-ландшафтный мониторинг полигонов твёрдых бытовых отходов в Республике Адыгея. Russian: Кубанский Государственный Аграрный Университет. S. A. Vladimirov, A. O. Karchevsky. Ecological and landscape monitoring of landfills in the Republic of Adygea. Kuban State Agrarian University (pdf)